ElfQuest Fan Art
Elfquest => Art and Elfquest => Topic started by: Maggie on February 28, 2015, 10:43:32 AM
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The theme for the 2016 Elfquest Fan Art Calendar is: Tribes
Submissions for the 2016 Calendar are being accepted:
March 1st through September 30th 2015
THEME
•Submitted artwork should represent the theme "Tribesâ€.
DETAILS
Things are going to be done a little differently, as it seems like a lot of you are struggling to be able to participate in the calendar each year.
This is why the 2016 calendar will be based on EQ Tribes, a theme I thought would be a lot of fun (this eliminates the need and time taken to vote for a theme).
Another change will be judging, I would prefer not to have any. That being said, what I would like is for those of you wishing to participate to sign up, rather than just mention you would like to participate. This means you will be given the responsibility of getting a piece of artwork ready for a specific month in the calendar so be sure you have the time and energy to do so.
Once you have signed up you will be given a specific month, tribe and three characters to work with. You must choose at least two of the assigned characters (but you may keep all three). You will need at least four characters in your submission so if you want, you may add one to the three you have been given or add two if you decide to drop one of your assigned characters.
You may want more than four characters in your submission and that is up to you but you must have at least two of the assigned characters in your submission.
Sorry I forgot this - Full backgrounds please, I want the characters to be in their customary environments around the time of year you receive as your month.
December which is the last month in the calendar will hopefully be a piece of artwork that represents the beloved dead and will be comprised of one member from each tribe. I would ultimately like for all the calendar participants to work on this month together. Please let me know if you have any reservations about this when you sign up.
Please note, I will be asking for a progress report sometime in May which may include me asking to see how your submission is coming along.
TRIBES
•The tribes that will be represented in the calendar are as follows:
Wolfriders
Sunfolk
Go-Backs
Gliders
Trolls
Humans
Wolves
Wavedancers
High Ones – Elf Form
High Ones – Cone Head
Preservers
Beloved Dead
I can appreciate the fact that many of you will want to ask for a specific tribe to work with but I will be handing out the tribes and characters at random to keep it fair for everyone.
GROUPS
•You may work in groups of two if that makes things easier for you. Please let me know who you will be working with when you sign up.
How you work in your group is totally up to you. One of you may supply a sketch for the other to ink and colour or you may work together to complete the scene. It doesn’t matter so long as you both agree.
CONTENT
•Entries must be original artwork created specifically for the calendar. The use of photos or "borrowed" art for backgrounds is not allowed.
•Entries must not be available for the general public to view online until the okay is given for general sharing. Before then, any entries found online in any form (thumbnails, crops, etc.) will be disqualified and removed.
•Canon Elfquest characters (of any race) only. No what-if characters (i.e., Worldpool).
•PG-13 or under.
FORMAT
•All entries should be in full color.
•Size: 11"x 8.5" (pictures must be landscape oriented - wider than they are tall)
•Resolution: 3300 x 2550 pixels (11" x 8.5" at 300dpi)
•File format: JPEG/PNG format only
HOW TO SUBMIT
•When you are ready please email your full-sized entry to Maggie. Please PM Maggie when you have an entry ready to be submitted.
•Entries must be received by midnight CST, September 30, 2015.
Include the following:
•Title (Required): Title of your submission. Titles will be included on the calendar.
•Artist Credits (Required): Will be included on the calendar. Your real name or preferred artist's credit name.
•Email (Required)
CREDIT
•The artist credit and the email listed with your entry will used for credits.
•The Warp Graphics, Inc. copyright will be included for you.
PUBLISHING
•The finished calendar will be available for download at elfquestfanart.com. In addition, the Calendar will be published at Elfquest's Cafe Press shop. Proceeds from the sale of the Fan Calendar will go to Wolf Park. http://www.wolfpark.org (http://www.wolfpark.org)
QUESTIONS
•Any questions about the calendar may be asked and answered on this thread or PM Maggie.
•If you don't know what this is all about, check out the current and past Fan Art Calendars here: http://www.elfquestfanart.com/calendar/ (http://www.elfquestfanart.com/calendar/)
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mmm...you know what? i always wanted my art in the calendar. and my art skills are getting better...so i'm in! just to clarify, we must have 4 characters in our drawing, 3 of which will be given to us?
i really hope i get a nice elf tribe and not trolls...come on random picker thing!
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I'm still debating participating, I'm still trying to get back into the swing of drawing and my skills pale in comparison to many of the people on here... So I'll wait to see in a bit how many people end up signing up and then if you still need people I'll probably join.
One thing I did want to say was that the PM sent out linked me to the 2015 guidelines.
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I want to join! It has been a long time (It was the then and now Calander...) so it is time for a new entry I think ;)!
And I love the theme! Can't wait to find out what you want me to draw. :)
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I feel an itch in my fingers, but my drawing skills have been out of whack for looong..
But if there is a shortage of people wanting to colour stuff, give me a poke if you
want to team up :)
Psst, link at end of post, is not working!
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I like this concept! I might join, real life is really busy as always, so I'm going to think about how to find the time. But I really like the idea of assignments. It's something else for a change :)
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I am definitely interested in being a part of this calendar this year. I look forward to seeing what is assigned this year. :)
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How are the participants chosen if there are more than 11 willing to sign up?
Regardless, I'd like to throw my name in the hat, I'd like to join in, or if all the spots are taken, be a pitchhitter/backup artist if someone needs to withdraw
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For those of you really wanting to participate please send me a PM letting me know, I usually keep up to date on the threads but I don't want to accidently overlook someone. Also please make sure you really want to take up the challenge, once you sign up I will be expecting you to complete your submission. ;)
I also forgot to add to the guidelines that I would like full backgrounds, I want the characters to be in their customary environments around the time of year you receive as your month.
As far as entries goes once the 11 spots are taken that would be that. I'm hoping some of you will want to work together in groups so more people can participate.
I suppose if there is a huge demand to participate then there could be judging and those that get in will then have to complete the month of December together, so that is a possibility as well. ;D
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I'm So down for this! Bring it baby!
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I would also like to join! This sounds challenging and fun. Collaborations are usually a lot of fun, too.
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It does sound interesting. However there is barely any way I'll get progress til May. Especially when it is at least two characters. I'm not so much in practise that I'd easily get two characters drawn within a week or even an evening.
Is there some specific setting or scene, a way of interaction foreseen? E.g. if two people contribute 2 x 2 characters for, let's say January. Would there be (from a northern hemisphere viewpoint) a snowball fight be appropriate?
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I'd love to participate this year, if there's still room. ;)
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OMG I want to know what tribe I have to draw SO BAD ! GIME GIME GIME! This is going to be such a challenge! group scenes are not my strength. I'm ready to grow!!! yAY!
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@ jaRf - You are required to have 4 characters in your submission, I am giving those participating 3 characters and they are required to use at least two of the characters I give them but in the end there must be at least 4 characters in each submission.
As for settings and scenes, those participating will be given their month (as stated in the guidelines) and they are required to set the scene at the time of year their month is in, so yes if it were January you would probably want a snowy setting but what the characters are up to is the participants choice, so long as it remains canon to the characters they are working with.
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I cant even say how thrilled I am with my tribe~!! ahhhhhhhhhhhh I tease you all with my joy!
This is so perfect. I'm going in for back surgery in two weeks and I will have recuperating time to work on this!
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Hello there fellow Wolfriders!
I'd absolutely love to participate in the Fan Art Calendar! I've been an artist and avid EQ reader my entire life long and am so excited for this opportunity that I learned about through the EQ Facebook page.
Please let me know if there's anything else I need to do in order to receive my tribemates from you, Maggie. Definitely looking forward to who I am assigned! AYOOOOAH!! :)
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Questions:
If you get a month assigned to you, no one else gets that month assigned?
And if there are more people wanting to participate, they can leave their name here to form an alliance of sorts? Or will they get assigned a month too, so you might have two people doing the same month?
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Hey there Maggie.
Sign me up, if possible, this late ? PM'd ya also.
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Ooooh, what a challenge! I am happy about my tribe, but slightly scared to do a scene with so many characters. Let's rock this!
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Questions:
If you get a month assigned to you, no one else gets that month assigned?
And if there are more people wanting to participate, they can leave their name here to form an alliance of sorts? Or will they get assigned a month too, so you might have two people doing the same month?
I'm not sure about assigning the same month to more than one person and then ending up having to judge the artwork to see who gets in the printed calendar. That may be an option if a lot more than 11 people sign up.
You are more than welcome to work in groups if you want, so if you want to form an alliance with someone that is totally up to you. Just let me know who you'll be working with if you decide on a group project.
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If anyone needs helps arranging so many characters, I'm happy to help or do a basic sketch of how the figures could fit together. I'm pretty used to overseeing proportions in that sense. At this point I don't feel like signing up and doing more detailed work though, like linework or coloring.
Contact me at afke11 @ yahoo.com if you need help.
I'm glad to see all the tribes will be represented this time!
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HOLY CRUD! afke I just might take you up on that! You Doll you!
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Alright, so as it stands now all 11 months have been spoken for. I am still waiting to hear back from a couple of people so that may change and if it does I will let you know.
I have been thinking about whether or not to allow more of you to participate by re-drawing months, tribes etc. and then the competing months would be judged to see who's work gets into the calendar.
I've decided not to do that as I would really love for everyone to get in the calendar this year. That being said I have decided that anyone else who would like to sign up may join in on the month of December.
There are a lot of beloved dead characters and I think it would be fantastic if we all worked together on that final month. That would allow for all the 11 participants and anyone else who wants to, to be a part of the 2016 calendar.
Also those of you (like Afke) who may feel a little less like taking on a whole page you would be assigned one character for the month of December. ;) Which makes it a little less hectic for those of you who are really busy.
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Not that this meaning that I will get my submission done anytime soon, but at least I made my first stick figure sketch already. These really help me with finding the right composition. I am totally giddy about this! And this year I got the deadline fixed in my head.
Haha, no "Contrasts" again this year, eh? ;)
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Finally!
I have a good idea on what to draw!
Pffff, never knew it would be this hard to come up with the right theme for a month, lol. I know what to draw, only not what kind of weather, hihihi.
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i...never got a message? did i not get chosen to do the calendar, or was i suppose to send you a private message as well as commenting in the thread i wanted to do this?
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Is the email address you registered here still a current one? These kind of emails automatically go out to all members. ???
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yes. i got an email saying i had a message from Maggie on the 28th, a notification that the 2016 fan art calendar thread was open and to sign up. and i did. but that was the only email i had gotten, and no new messages since then.
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I would be willing to do a single character for the 12th month. That sounds fun and I am guessing someone will be coloring it (?) So - it sounds like a win / win for me.
Thank you for all the work Ladies, on the Site, and beyond !
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*sigh* i'm not gonna get to participate in the calendar this year am i? ah well..i suppose there's always next year. especially if i adopt this as my new elfquest forum rather than the official one that got shut down.
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@ Vaeri - You can participate, everyone is welcome to add a character to the 12th month. I haven't finalized the details on that just yet but if you don't mind working with a bunch of us then you're more than welcome to participate.
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Ok, so I just sent PM's to the calendar participants as it is mid-may and I would like a progress report on how you are all coming along.
Once I get the updates I think we should all start discussing how the month of December is going to work and check to see if there are any stragglers who want to contribute to that month. ;)
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So has everyone replied yet?
I definitely want to participate in the December picture (and already have a character in mind hah)
I imagine someone making a rough sketch of the entire picture would be beneficial, just blocky shapes to indicate the size and rough pose of the characters? Or is there already a plan for how this collab will be done?
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Hey all! I wanted to see how everyone is holding up! i feel like I'm working backwards on my submission. I finally had some breakthroughs yesterday but DANG its so hard making this one work. ( I WILL MAKE it work)! I'm working on coloring now, my background is just about all roughed in with tweeking needed later and basic color on all of my characters.
Love and Elfie hugs to you all!
OH and they keep posting Fan-art Fridays and every time they post one of mine on the EQ facebook page my heart does a little jig!
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Hi guys!
Still waiting on updates from a few of you although most have sent me a message letting me know what's what. Maybe the site ate a few messages, I know I don't always get them, so if you've sent one and haven't heard back let me know. ;D
Also we should probably start discussing the December calendar page. Maybe post a quick yes I want to add a character here, if you're interested. ;)
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I'm kind of stuck on mine at the moment but I'll manage. I'm fearing the colour part lmao
I definitely want to add a character to December! :D
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While still all in sketch stage, I would love to add a character for December as well.
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Hmm, not many people replying about the December page. :'(
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when is it due by? I might be able to get something
out. what characters do you need?
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Ew, ew. (Raises hand) I am still interested in doing a character for the month of December.
Do I have time yet ?
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The deadline on the December page will be flexible since I want to make sure anyone who wants to can join in, so the deadline would probably be sometime in and around the end of November.
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Ok, so maybe let's get this December page sorted out.
These are the types of tribes we will need represented and obviously they need to have deceased characters because December is going to be "Beloved Dead".
Wolfrider
Go-Back
Sun Villager
Wavedancer
Glider
Troll
Human
Wolf
High One
Preserver(although I don't think I know of a deceased one)
Alright, so those of you wishing to add a character please reply below with the type of tribe and then the deceased character you would like to work with. Please make sure (before you respond) to check who has posted already so we don't have people signing up for the same tribe. We only need one of each type however if there is a demand I will consider adding more characters to the December page.
The deadline for this will be a little flexible for now. Once I know who's working on it I'll get a solid deadline posted. If anyone has any questions just let me know. ;)
Who's Doing What...so far
AceQuester - Wolfrider/Wing
Ollyagent - Glider/Lord Voll
Treefox - High One/Kaslen
Wildfire - Wolf/Warfrost
Tah-Marien - Wavedancer/?
Schayde1 - Go-Backs/?
Afke - Trolls/?
Holly - Sun Villager/?
Marsel - Preserver/Bumbleclaw
Maggie - Human/?
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*hands up* yes i'm willing to try out for the first time... Because it's my first time i wanna try a character that isn't well known so i can't make too much mistakes with it ;)
I wanna try Wing... So is that one for the Wolfriders or one for the Sunfolk? ;)
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Yes! I would like to choose Voll. ^^
Uhh...Cause Winnie is not really dead and surely not in "beloved dead" list %)) Only for Rayek maybe)
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Um . . . Wolfrider ! Prey-Pacer, please.
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I would like to do a High One... Maybe Kaslen!
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Ok, so we have these tribes spoken for so far...
AceQuester - Wolfrider/Wing
Ollyagent - Glider/Lord Voll
Treefox - High One/Kaslen
@ Tah-Marien - You'll have to choose a different tribe as Wolfriders were spoken for before you responded to the post. Or you can wait and see if more than one member from each tribe gets added to the December submission.
I'm going to say that the deadline for adding a character to the December page will be September 17th and on the 18th we can start chatting about how we want to go about working on the December submission. ;)
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Oh. . . your right , your right. I took him as a Sunvillager in my head - my bad.
Wavedancer sounds fun -I Call that . . . but have no idea "which" character. So surprise me or give me a list to choose from ?
ps (out of contact for a few days for Vacation)
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I'd like to call the Wolf entry! Maybe Warfrost, if I remember correctly he had an interesting design, but I'll look a bit more into it tomorrow
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Hehe, my entry would long been done if I wouldn't be occupied all the time...
(http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o161/Matschauge/Mobile%20Uploads/DSC_4213_zpsatqlijdj.jpg) (http://s120.photobucket.com/user/Matschauge/media/Mobile%20Uploads/DSC_4213_zpsatqlijdj.jpg.html)
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Ahhhh what a cutie! That's a worthwhile distraction :love I just keep redesigning stuff so that's not too helpful lmao
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Haha, thanks, he is a total cutie! Despite the redesigns I am sooo curious to see your entry!! My entry is about 80% done. I think I'll definitely be able to make it.
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Oh wow 80%, that's pretty good. I think I'm at less than that but no worries, I'll finish mine as well. Approaching deadlines always does wonders for my work ethic lmao
I was actually really considering sending it to you yesterday to get your input on some framing and style so unless you'd like to see the finished version first I'd be happy to send it :D
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Here is a list of calendar participants and how much I know about their entries.
I am especially concerned about Linn's entry as I haven't heard from her since the characters were handed out. I'm not sure if anyone knows her personally or has heard anything about her entry or anyone else on the list that seems to be MIA. ;D If you're in the ??? category please let me know how your entry is coming along as the deadline is fast approaching.
Finished/Handed In
dies_dandles - Go-Backs - January
Treefox - Humans - February
Rosalie - High Ones (Elf) - March
Marsel - Wolfriders - April
Wildfire - Preservers - May
Ollyagent - High Ones (Cone Heads) - June
silentleaf - Wavedancers - August
Dreamcat - Gliders - September
Eregyrn - Wolves - October
Czarine - Trolls - November
In Progress/Almost Finished
Rowtiger - Sun Villagers - July
Group - Beloved Dead - December
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EyesHigh76 - High Ones (Cone Heads) - June (said they sent it but it never arrived, said they would send it again and never did, haven't heard back)
AmberSkies - Sun Folk - July
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Deadline for calendar submissions is today! I have 4 out of the 11 submissions handed in so far. ;D
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could do the wolfrider april as well. ö.ö
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Hey Dreamcat!
The April submission has been covered by someone else but I think the Sun Villagers submission for July may be available, I haven't heard from Amberskies in awhile and she hasn't handed anything in. I just sent a message the other day and was planning to give her until this week to respond.
If you or anyone else is interested in doing that submission if I don't hear from her let me know. ;D
Maggie
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I'd like to do the Sun Villager one if Amberskies doesn't hand anything (though of course if Dreamcat wants it, she has first shot between the two of us) ^_^
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Go ahead, Wildfire. I already have a submission in anyway. :)
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Ah so do I (the Preserver one) so if someone who didn't get in the first time 'round feels up to it they should go for it :)
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So, I heard back from AmberSkies and it looks like she will be able to get her submission in next week. Rosalie said she would be handing hers in on the 18th and Marsel has kindly stepped in for Linn and taken over the April submission.
However there seems to be an issue with EyesHigh76's June submission. Apparently she handed it in but I never received it. She said she would resend it but that hasn't happened and I haven't heard anything back from her (my last correspondence was on the 6th asking her to resend her submission).
Is there anyone who's willing to step in and do the June tribe if she doesn't send in her submission?
Month: June
Tribe: High Ones - Cone Head Version
Assigned Characters (you must use at least 2 of the assigned characters):
Haken
Gibra
Adya
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I fear I'm in danger of sounding repetitive (or desperate) but I can step in if necessary :)
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I just received an email about the June submission and I should have it by tomorrow. ;D
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Well...
I need someone to step in and do the Sun Villagers entry. I'm not getting anything from the participant and I just can't wait any longer. I would love it if someone who doesn't have an entry in the calendar would offer to do July but if that isn't possible then it isn't possible.
I also need someone that can work quickly, as I would like to get the entries to Richard just before the end of this month.
Month: July
Tribe: Sun Folk
Assigned Characters (you must use at least 2 of the assigned characters):
Toorah
Savah
Minyah
Anyway, if you're interested please let me know via PM or just reply to this thread.
Maggie
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Hi Maggie,
Just saw your pm when I got home tonight. I'll start working on the July Sun villagers tomorrow for you, if everything goes right I should have it finished by next weekend ( I'll pm you updates on progress so if you need changes I can do them without losing any time ) or earlier.
Rowtiger
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Rowtiger, if you need help colouring, please let me know :)
[I started on an entry too, in case there was no one else,
but so glad to see you are in the loop now! Because I haven't
drawn elves in aaages..]
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Will do, Thanks.
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*highfives Rowtiger* :D
Maggie, one submission ready for submission!
Please check your Inbox :)